The_Sage wrote:
>
> >> But Adam did not know the difference so how could he have known it
was not good
> >> to disobey God?
> >
> >He had the ability to choose. I feel that God was secretly proud of
> >what He had created in man.
>
> You did not answer the question.
>
You answered it yourself: Adam did not know.
But as I said, he was able to gain that knowledge (with the help of
Eve).
>
> >God could not have let Adam gain immortality. Then Adam would have
become God.
>
> Then whay was the Tree of Life and the Tree of Evil *BOTH* freely
available to
> choose from in the Garden? That completely destroys your point there.
>
My point is in what happened: man has eaten from the tree of knowledge
but not from the tree of eternal life.
We know that we must die. That is something which no animal knows
beforehand ( I guess).
That knowledge is a very heavy burden.
>
> >I cannot imagine a world without suffering.
>
> That is only a problem with your ability to imagine.
>
I think suffering is inevitable, as long as there is time, space,
matter and energy, plus sentient beings.
>
> (...)
> Then you must be very happy to suffer so much.
>
Of course I'm not. But ""It is better to be an unhappy Socrates, than
to be a happy pig".
--
risto
